Senior detective gunned down in front of children at sports centre named as cops say New IRA 'primary focus'
A senior police officer gunned down in front of youths he had been coaching at a sport centre has been named. Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital following the attack on Wednesday evening .
Police say the primary focus of their attempted murder investigation is on 'dissident republicans' - with a particular focus on the New IRA group. Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan, from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, told BBC Radio Ulster: “The investigation is at an early stage, we are keeping an open mind.
"There are multiple strands to that investigation. The primary focus is on violent dissident republicans and within that there is a primary focus as well on New IRA.”
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